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Hacking History And Background
Wireless local-area networks are based on IEEE 802.11. This is a set
of standards defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers.[2]
802.11 networks are either infrastructure networks
or ad hoc networks. By default, people refer to infrastructure networks.
Infrastructure networks are composed of one or more access points that
coordinate the wireless traffic between the nodes and often connect the
nodes to a wired network, acting as a bridge or a router.
Each access point constitutes a network that is named a basic service
set or BSS. A BSS is identified by a BSSID, usually the MAC address of
the access point.
Each access point is part of an extended
service set or ESS, which is identified by an ESSID or SSID in short,
usually a character string.
A basic service set consists of
one access point and several wireless clients. An extended service set
is a configuration with multiple access points and roaming capabilities
for the clients. An independent basic service set or IBSS is the ad hoc
configuration. This configuration allows wireless clients to connect to
each other directly, without an access point as a central manager.[3]
Access points broadcast a signal regularly to make the network known to
clients. They relay traffic from one wireless client to another. Access
points may determine which clients may connect, and when clients do,
they are said to be associated with the access point. To obtain access
to an access point, both the BSSID and the SSID are required.[4]
Ad hoc networks have no access point for central coordination. Each node
connects in a peer-to-peer way. This configuration is an independent
basic service set or IBSS. Ad hoc networks also have an SSID.[4]
Cracking of wireless networks is the
defeating of security devices in Wireless local-area networks. Wireless
local-area networks(WLANs) – also called Wi-Fi networks are inherently
vulnerable to security lapses that wired networks are exempt from.[1]
Cracking
is a kind of information network attack that is akin to a direct
intrusion. There are two basic types of vulnerabilities associated with
WLANs: those caused by poor configuration and those caused by weak
encryption.
Wifi Hacking Software Details
WiFi password revealer is a small
program which will show you all stored passwords to your wireless (WiFi)
network(s). Each time you connect to a wireless network using a
password - Windows OS encrypts and stores it in the system. This program
(WiFi password revealer) will find, decrypt and show you all your WiFi
passwords, whenever it is your home wireless network with WPA / WPA2
encryption or WEP network in a coffee-shop.
WiFi password revealer can recover WiFi passwords from on Windows XP, Windows Vista, 7 and 8
